STRONGS NUMBER G2959


Word Summary
kyria: a lady
Original Word: κυρία
Transliteration: kyria
Phonetic Spelling: (koo-ree'-ah)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: a lady
Meaning: a lady
Strong's Concordance
lady.

Feminine of kurios; Cyria, a Christian woman -- lady.

see GREEK kurios

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2959: κυρία

κυρία, κυρίας, , Cyria, a Christian woman to whom the Second Epistle of John is addressed: 2 John 1:1, 5 (G L T K C (and WH marginal reading in 2 John 1:1)). This proper name is not uncommon in other writers also; cf. Lücke, Comm. üb. die Brr. des John 3rd edition, p. 444. (But R Tr others κυρία, regarding the word as an appellative, lady; (αἱ γυναῖκες εὐθύς ἀπό τεσσαρεσκαίδεκα ἐτῶν ὑπό τῶν ἀνδρῶν κυριαι καλοῦνται, Epictetus enchir. 40). Cf. Westcott on 2 John as above).